Lexicon tsalal: to be or grow dark Original Word: צָלַלPart of Speech: Verb Transliteration: tsalal Phonetic Spelling: (tsaw-lal') Short Definition: dark NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Origina prim. root Definitionto be or grow dark NASB Translationgrew dark (1), shade (1).
Brown-Driver-Briggs III. [ צָלַל] verb be or grow dark (compare Arabic  be black,  shade; Ethiopic  be dark; Assyrian ƒillu, shade, ƒalâlu, Pi`elroof over, so Sabean טֿלל [II.], טלת ceiling, roof, HomChrest. 125, compare Palmyrene תטלילא; Old Aramaic טלל overshadow, Aramaic טְלָלָא,  shadow); — Qal Perfect3plural צָֽלְלוּ שַׁעֲרֵי ׳יְר Nehemiah 13:19 the gates of Jerusalem grew dark, i.e. evening came on. Hiph`il Participle חֹרֶשׁ מֵצַל Ezekiel 31:3 a shadowing wood (but strike out ᵐ5. Co Toy Krae). Strong's begin to be dark, shadowing A primitive root (identical with tsalal through the idea of hovering over (compare tselem)); to shade, as twilight or an opaque object -- begin to be dark, shadowing. see HEBREW tsalal see HEBREW tselem |
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